Elizabeth Allen

Elizabeth Alexander Allen (1819 - 1869), daughter of Jonathan Alexander and Tabitha Nix, was born 1 March 1819 at Union District, Union County, South Carolina. She died at the age of 50 on 23 May 1869 at Westpoint, Clark County, Nevada, and was buried at Westpoint Cemetery, Moapa. She married Lewis Allen (1813 - 1888) on 6 September 1836 at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. She and her husband and children emigrated to Utah in 1862.

Marriage and Children

Lewis Allen married Elizabeth Alexander. They had thirteen children, eleven of which survived to adulthood:

1. Tabitha Jane Allen (born 7 October 1838 Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri) married 1868 Woodruff Freeman
2. Beulah Ann Allen (born 24 May 1840 Calloway County, Kentucky) married 1868 Willis Webb
3. George William Allen (born 12 September 1842 - died in infancy)
4. Rial Allen (born 27 February 1844 Henry County, Tennessee) married 1868 Susan Collins
5. Jonathan Alexander Allen (born 30 January 1846 Calloway County, Kentucky) married 1881 Jane Nelson
6. Samuel Allen (17 January 1848 – 23 January 1848 Platte Township, Andrew County, Missouri)
7. James Byrd Allen (born 16 August 1850 Platte Township, Andrew County, Missouri) married Maria West
8. Margaret Elizabeth Allen (born 20 Janaury 1852 Platte Township, Andrew County, Missouri) married 1870 Brigham Young Baird
9. Sarah Melissa Allen (born 30 May 1854) married 1871 Daniel Vester Leroy
10. Andrew Jackson Allen (born 20 December 1856 Platte Township, Andrew County, Missouri) married Sariah E. Pulsipher
11. Martha Permilla Allen (born 9 December 1858 Platte Township, Andrew County, Missouri – 16 February 1931 Huntington, Emery County, Utah) married William Marshall
12. Nancy Esther Allen (born 11 April 1861 Platte Township, Andrew County, Missouri) married Isaac E. Black
13. Mary Ellen Allen (born 1 April 1866 Washington, Washington County, Utah ) married 1883 Albert Allen

Sources

• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: Company Unknown (1862)
• Find a Grave